Shoe fastening



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SHOE FASTBNING. No'. 302,160. Patented Ju1 `y 15, 1884;.

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UNITED 'STATES ,PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. RHODES, OF VESTBOROUGH, MISSOURI.

SHOE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,160, dated J'uly 15, 1884.

` Application filed February E10, 1884. (No model.)

I @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. RHoDEs,-a citizen of the United States, residing Vat Westborough, in the county of Atchison and State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Fastenings; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and gures of reference marked thereon, which form 'a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shoe-fastenings; and it consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isa side view bf a shoe provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side view of a shoe with the fasteningstrap removed. Fig.'3 shows one of the fastening-plates. Fig. 4 shows the hook-plate in detail. Fig. 5 is a plan view ofthe fastening. Fig. 6 shows a section of a shoe with the fastening-strap pushed down as when the shoe is unfastencd. y Fig. 7 isa detail view of the fastening-strap with the plates in position, and

3o Fig. 8 is a detail view of the upper fasteningplate.

The shoe-upper A is provided with a slit or opening, A,.formed preferably in the side thereof, as shown. rIhis slit is made sufficiently long to easily permit the drawing on or off of the shoe when the fastening, presentlydescribed, is released. The hooks B are secured to the shoe on opposite sides of the opening A. The edgesof the adjacent hooks are arranged `close together, as shown.

hooks are bent over and under, in about the shape shown in Figs. 4 and 5, so as to prevent the lateral movement and displacement of the fastening-plate when the latter is in position.

The upper hooks, B, on both sidesl of the opening, are provided witha slot, B2, about as shown Which plate is provided on its other edge with down.

These a series of points or barbs, G, which are forced through the shoe and clampedon the inner side, 'serving as means to secure the plate in position. I prefer to form the hooks in this manner because of the ease with which they can thereby be secured to the shoe and the additional strength given the fastening. It will also be seen that the continuous plate C will holdthe shoe up, acting as a stay, as will 1 be readily understood. The fastening-strap D is secured at one of its ends vto the shoe, aty

the lower end of the opening/A', and is made of a suitable length to extend upto the upper end of the plates C, as'shown in.`Fig.1. The fastv v ranged at its upper end, though I prefer to use a plurality of plates, as thereby a neater, closer fastening is provided. A

The operation of my fastening will be clearly understood from the description before given.v Vhen the fastening devices are as shown Vin Fig.l 6,' the shoe is ready to be drawn on. When the strap Dis drawn up to the position shown in Fig. 1, the hook Es on the upper plate is drawn down into slots B2 in the upper hook,

B', and the strap is prevented fromV slipping YVhile I prefer to use the two slots B2 and the hook E3 for the purpose of security, ordinarily the strap will need no retaining device'. It is also manifest that other fastening devices might be substituted for the one above described. For instance, only one slot BZ -might be' employed, and one of the hooks of the u'pper plate, E, be drawn over it, as will be obvious. I prefer, however, the construction shown and before described.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the shoe having a suitable slit or opening,of the plates G, secured on opposite sides thereof, and having formed in their inner edges a series of separatehooks,

B, the strap, and fastening-plates secured IOO thereon, and adapted to engage the hooks B, posed of the hooks B, the upper one being substantially as and for the purposes specified. provided with the slots L, and the tongue pro- 2. The eolnbination,\vith the shoe having a vided with plates E, the upper one being pro- 15 suitable slit or opening, of the hooks secured vided with u hook, E2, uil substantially as and s on the opposite sides thereof, and the strap for the purposes set forth.

provided with fasteningplates adapted to said I In testimony whereof I affix my signature in hooks, the upper one of said hooks being pro- 1 presence of two witnesses. vided with u notch or slot, us B2, and the upper T fastening-plate with u tongue, as E3, adapted JOHB C' LHODES' 1o to engage said noteh and fasten the strap in position, substantially as set forth.

3. The herein-desoribed shoefastening,com

Vvvitnesses:

JAS. H. FILsoN, J. XV. DAvIs. 

